2025 Philippine local elections

Local elections in the Philippines will take place on May 12, 2025. These will be conducted together with the 2025 general election for national positions. All elected positions above the barangay level will be contested. The following 18,271 positions will be contested:

• 80 members of the Bangsamoro Parliament
• 82 provincial governorships and vice-governorships
• 782 provincial board members (regular Sangguniang Panlalawigan members)
• 149 mayorships and vice mayorships in cities
• 1,682 city councilors (regular Sangguniang Panlungsod members)
• 1,493 mayorships and vice mayorships in municipalities
• 11,948 municipal councilors (regular Sangguniang Bayan members)

The elective positions in the barangays will not be decided on this day. The elections for these positions will be held in December 2025.

Electoral system

Local government in the Philippines is governed by the Local Government Code of 1991. The country is divided into autonomous regions, provinces, cities, municipalities and barangays. For elections on this day, all local positions above the barangay level are disputed.

Election slates of a governor, vice governor and Sangguniang Panlalawigan (for provinces), mayor, vice mayor and Sangguniang Panlungsod/Bayan (for cities and municipalities) are common. Provincial and city/municipal slates may cross-endorse each other. Slates may contain candidates from multiple parties. Positions are elected separately.

Executive positions

For governor, vice governor, mayor and vice mayor, voting is via first-past-the-post.

Legislative positions

Legislatures under the Local Government Code of 1991

For members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Panlungsod and Bayan, voting is via multiple non-transferable vote, where a voter has as many votes as there are positions, and can distribute it to how many candidates there are on the ballot.

Legislative positions which are designated Indigenous People's Mandatory Representation are not elected on this day, nor are barangay positions.

Ex officio seats in local legislatures are also not elected on this day. Philippine Councilors League seats on the Sangguniang Panlalawigan are elected later.

Bangsamoro Parliament

The 80-seat Bangsamoro Parliament shall be elected for the first time in 2025, after being postponed in 2022. A voter has two separate votes. In 32 seats, voting shall be via different parliamentary districts via first-past-the-post. In 40 seats, voting shall be party-list proportional representation. In the remaining 8 seats, it shall be determined separately in different sectoral conventions.

Bangsamoro Parliament

Main article: 2025 Bangsamoro Parliament election

The first Bangsamoro Parliament election shall be held on 2025. Out of 80 seats, 69 will be disputed in the election.

Provincial elections

All 82 provinces shall hold elections for its elective offices.

The provinces of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur shall hold its first election after voters from the old province of Maguindanao approved its division in a 2022 plebiscite.

City elections

All 149 cities shall hold elections for its elective offices.

The new cities of Baliwag, Calaca and Carmona will elect its officials for the first time as cities after their voters approved cityhood in separate plebiscites from 2022 to 2023.

Butuan and Taguig increased the number of councilors in its city councils. Butuan now has 12 councilors elected at large from 10, while Taguig now has 12 councilors elected from its two districts, from 8 per district.

Municipal elections

All 1,493 municipalities shall hold elections for its elective offices.

The new municipalities of Kadayangan, Kapalawan, Ligawasan, Malidegao, Nabalawag, Old Kaabakan, Pahamuddin and Tugunan will elect its officials for the first time after their voters approved incorporation in a 2024 plebiscite.